Cycling groups push for a better biking city

posted Jul 22, 2012, 10:55 PM by Peter Campbell

One year ago the Baillieu government declared Melbourne one of the world’s best cycling cities. Amid much fanfare Tourism Minister Louise Asher announced the Union Cycliste International had bestowed on Melbourne the title of "bike city", just the second city recognised as such after Copenhagen.

But cycling groups questioned the state government’s commitment when it slashed the number of infrastructure projects it planned to fund in 2012-13 to four, down from 22 the previous year.

Missing link: A cyclist carries her bike up stairs on the Yarra Trail in Abbotsford. Photo: Wayne Taylor